he forgot his wallet. mad at your friends for setting this up. somewhere in between your salad and steak you realize you have made a terrible mistake. now, that s essentially what happened to america with joe biden. the media sphent the last few years serving us biden s hype man, promising us he a moderate a great union fire bring the country back together confident and calm. they insisted we were the perfect match because joe was blue collar biden, america always loves a working class hero. so the media turned joe into one. and he capitalized on that. biden sold himself to us as a son of scranton, pennsylvania. i m very proud of being from scranton. i grew up in a town like this from scranton, pennsylvania. the fact is the president can only see the world from park avenue. i see it from scranton. scranton. scranton. scranton. scranton. secrecy jess it s true biden was born in scranton, pennsylvania in 1942. but the family didn t stick around the electric city f
a country and nancy pelosi firmly beliefs that. she believes it so strongly she s directing the biden administration to develop an urgent new plan to keep the border secure. not just secure but in the words of the new legislation, section 208, involumable. impossible to brief. that s quite a border, bulletproof. why wouldn t it be? when it comes to border security she isn t messing around. are you surprised? you may have misunderstood. pelosi isn t talking about the u.s. border, one that s open. she s talking about the ukrainian border. it s called the defending the ukraine sovereignty act. its purpose is to guarantee ukraine sovereignty, intelligence and integrity. we would love to is them here but no, we ll have to wait. ukraine is ahead of us in the cue for secure borders. when we were kids growing up in the united states, what was good for the russian colony of ukraine is good for us. as our oldest and most chel rished ally, held by the ancient bonds of friendship ukraine
or email at yourquestions@bbc.co.uk from today people in england are being asked to work from home if they can but businesses are worried it will hit the crucial christmas market. rescue teams search for survivors after the string of tornadoes in the united states that have killed almost 100 people. i m martine croxall in north shropshire, where people will head to the polls this thursday to elect an mp. traditionally traditionally a safe seat for the conservatives but this has become a tight race in recent weeks. a bbc investigation finds networks of breeders are offering to mutilate puppies, to follow a social media trend. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. borisjohnson says at least one person has died in the uk with the omicron variant of coronavirus with the government warning the new variant is spreading at a rate not seen before . last night, the prime minister announced an expansion of the vaccination booster programme. england s deputy chief medical off
plus, linkedout! microsoft pulls the plug on the business social network in china, the last major western platform still operating there. we start with our top story this hour, those changes to travel rules here in the uk. as you ve been hearing, from sunday 24th of october, travellers returning to england will be able to take a lateral flow test instead of more expensive pcr tests. the government says the changes will take effect in time forfamilies returning from half term breaks. under the existing system, pcr tests can be around £75 per person, a cost the travel industry says is putting people off taking trips. let s get some reaction from travel industry consultant paul charlesyou. good to see you. what are your thoughts on all of this? it is not like you can just take up one of the lateral flow tests you might have kicking around at home because it is something your doctor gave you or something from school. they still have to be from a registered supplier, and it will
released an image of another man they are searching for seen walking through nearby pegler square. the finalfew hours of campaigning get under way ahead of sunday s german election, as angela merkel prepares to stand down after 16 years as chancellor. the committee investigating the capitol riot issues its first subpoenas of president trump s allies including his former chief strategist steve bannon. it could take more than a decade to clear the backlog of patients waiting for cancer treatment in england. that s the warning in a report by a think tank. restaurant, cafe and pub bosses in the uk will soon be banned from keeping customer tips left for staff, under new rules. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s transport secretary has said the government will do whatever is required to tackle fuel supply problems. grant shapps said he wouldn t rule out changing visa rules to allow more foreign drivers to work in the uk or even aski